Well, I'm still home. Actually in some ways, I have come to see this furlough time as a blessing. For the first time since the Furlough began, I decided to wake up and exercise. I've been Ice skating, that was awesome. Great work out, and very calming. I've done a fair amount of yard work, so I've been too exhausted to "work out". But, today is Columbus day, so I decided its a good day to work on all the things I haven't been doing because my friends are doing such a good job of keeping me busy (with the exception of weekends, which now surprisingly suck).
Any way, as a figure skater, jump roping is something that we are encouraged to do. It builds those jumpy leg muscles that we need to use a lot. I'm horrible at jump roping. I've always hated it. Maybe its because I was a bit of a tom boy growing up, and jumping over a stupid rope and singing rhymes was just too girly for me. Or maybe its because I had no rhythm as a kid and I'd always get smacked in the foot and trip on the rope.
Its amazing, how I have great hand eye coordination for some things, but not at all for other things. Jumping rope is / was one of those things. However, over the past year, I've gotten a lot better at jump roping. This morning I did my best ever. I jumped for a minute straight, and I only missed two times. How is this possible you say? proper motivation.
With cold bare feet, all it took was one time getting smacked in the toes for me to decide that no matter how tired I was getting, I would jump and be in the air when that rope came around. It worked. It worked really well.
Any way, as a figure skater, jump roping is something that we are encouraged to do. It builds those jumpy leg muscles that we need to use a lot. I'm horrible at jump roping. I've always hated it. Maybe its because I was a bit of a tom boy growing up, and jumping over a stupid rope and singing rhymes was just too girly for me. Or maybe its because I had no rhythm as a kid and I'd always get smacked in the foot and trip on the rope.
Its amazing, how I have great hand eye coordination for some things, but not at all for other things. Jumping rope is / was one of those things. However, over the past year, I've gotten a lot better at jump roping. This morning I did my best ever. I jumped for a minute straight, and I only missed two times. How is this possible you say? proper motivation.
With cold bare feet, all it took was one time getting smacked in the toes for me to decide that no matter how tired I was getting, I would jump and be in the air when that rope came around. It worked. It worked really well.
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